[Diabetes-talk] Pumps

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

Tamara,

Yes, I've been on an insulin pump for 8 years and am totally blind. The
pump I use, a DelTech Cosmo, is no longer available. The cosmo makes a
beep everytime you press a button so you know you have hit one and you
can count the beeps to navigate through the menus, which are pretty
simple. The pumps I've looked at recently, Med Tronic and Animas,  do
not offer an audio feature for each function, but are relatively easy
once you adjust to them. For me personally, I love the pump, have never
had problems because of the pump and have experienced the best glucose
control in my 27 years of being diabetic. Veronica, who is on this list,
is a pump expert, having been on one since the early or mid 90's, I
believe. She can offer way more detailed info than I can.

As for Prodigy, they claim to have been working on an accessible pump
for years, and even advertised its release in early 2011, but due to
back-ups with the FDA, it never was available on the market. The last I
heard, they were scrapping the project altogether.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
 
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The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan


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[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tamera
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 8:54 AM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Pumps


I understand Prodigy has been working on an accessible insulin pump, but
its not available yet? Is anyone with total blindness  currently using a
pump that might not be  totally accessible but one is able to for the
most part manage its use without assistance? Tamera
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